Interview with Poet and Man Booker Prize judge, Helen Mort

If one of our readers wanted to start writing poetry, what would be your top three tips to them?

1. Read more than you write.
2. Don't censor yourself too much early on and don't be afraid to write about what you know, even if you think the place you come from isn't very interesting.
3. With every topic, ask yourself: ‘why do I care about this? What can I say about this that perhaps nobody else could?'